Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-03
PowderIy,s Stirring Appeal.

GIRO ULAR SETTING FORTH THE NEEDS OF THE
STRIKING COAL MINERS
The general executive board OF the Knights OF
Labor has Just issued circular TO be read at the
meetings OF all the assemblies appealing for con.
tributions in aid OF the striking Anthracite miners.
The circular recites history OF the trouble, and,
to show that the miners are taking proper course
In the matter, speaks follows: 'By the report OF
the bureau OF statistics or Pennsylvania IL f.
shown that the wages Of the miner viii not aver-
age more than $500 year; In this calculation
under bosses and choice men, so that il the true
average Of the ordinary miners and mint laborer-
was taken the amount earned would not
amount received By each miner per ton for
the coal he mines will not excee from to Is
ne 10 Of
many OF the markets 81 per ton or from SIX TO ten
times the amount received by the miner, who
tGs eartb The advauce Which Would be sccepted
would not add more than 2k cents per ton to the
cost OF producing the coal The employers are at
in which the miners live and the stores in which
they are compelled TO buy their daily food. The
doctors that heal the SICK, the undertakers that
bury the dead, and the ministers who preach the
funeral sermons, are the servants OF the corpora
tons No question OF recognition OF the order is
involved. i Is simply question OF whether the
little extra privation for short time in order to
get means enough to keep body and soul together
No appeal for aid has been sent out from the gen.
eral once more deserving OF the prompt and gen.
erous action OF the order"
Accompanying the circular Is q personal appea
from General Master Workman Powderly He
says: "We read OF the heart-rending scenes OF
eviction as practiced In Ireland. We are told OF
the terrible work OF the cfowbar brigade which
levels homes sewers broken, loving hearts forever
and drives dear ones from homes ana kindred across
the sea. None OF these seems can Outrtval the
acts OF cruelty that are practiced every day In the
scOurged, misery-clouded middle coal fields OF
Pennsylvania. In the most prosperous times the
miner and his family 1--we from hand to mouth.
scarcely able to keep, body and soul In unison.
Notwithstanding all this no Law is broken, no Of
tense OF any kind Is committed A more honest,
Industrious moral or patriotic people does not in
habit any portion OF our country; no more gener-
Gus or manly men exist than our coal miners They
have done everything, they have en- ,ured every
thing, and have sought every way to Improve their
condition. so as to LIT II to the standard OF Ameri-
can manhood and citizenship. Failing in that,
they have continued a hopeless struggle to keep
food in the mouths of loved ones while enduring
every prtvatiOn themselves. The last hope is gone
tired nature refuses 70 longer perform its funct
and In despair the miners have laid down their
tools They appeal to their felow-cllizens for the
bread which their honest labor could not win 1
unite my humble voice with theirs, and ask relief
for them. Give quickly. give literally; they de-
serve all that you can do Ali contributions should
be sent to Charles H. Ltchman, box SS5. Phila-
deInhfa Pau